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Commissioned Officers Colonel (Col) Lieutenant-Colonel (LtCol) Chef de Bataillon (CHdB) Capitaine (Cpt) Lieutenant (Lt) Sous-Lieutenan (SLt)
Non-Commissioned Officers Adjudant-Chef (AdjCf) Adjudant (Adj) Sergent (Sgt) Eleve-Sous-Officer (ESO)
Enlisted Men Vieille Garde (VGar) Moyenne Garde (MGar) Jeune Garde (JGar) Caporal Fourrier (CplFo) Caporal de Première Classe (CplP) Caporal de Deuxième Classe (CplD) Soldat de Première Classe (SoP) Soldat de Deuxième Classe (SoD) Cadet (Cad)
Regiment was created in 1688, during french revolution, regiment was reorganized and renamed into 59e demi-brigade de bataille(formed from: 1er bataillon, 30e Regiment d'Infanterie, 4e bataillon, Volontaires de Paris, 7e bataillon, Volontaires de Rhone-et-Loire). In 1803 regiment was renamed back to the original 59e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne. 59e, literally said, fought with Napoleon from his rise to power, to his fall. They took part in siege of Toulon(Napoleons first battle), fought in battle of Marengo, Ulm and even Austerlitz.
They fought with their emperor in battle of Jena, endured starvation in Eylau, fought in battle of Wagram, Lutzen, Dresden, Leipzig and Luxembourg. After Napoleon returned from exile, they again stood beside him in battle of Ligny and they were sent to fight, with retreating prussian army, under command of Marechal Grouchy in battle of Wavre.
Three of the regimental Colonels got promoted to the rank of General-de-Brigade, one became baron of the empire and one became member of the Legion d'Honneur. When Napoleon III. got on the French throne as Emperor, some old members of the 59e served him as his advisors. Regiment was very active during WW1 and was disbanded in 1940 after defeat of France by Nazi Germany. Regimental war records during NW: 1792: Valmy a Hondschoote 1793: Wattignies a Maubeuge 1794: Fleurus, Le Quesnoy a Sprimont 1795: Loano 1796: Millesimo, Dego, Mondovi, a Saint-Georges 1797: Kehl a Huningue 1799: Pastrengo a Modena 1800: Noirmoutier 1805: Caldiero a Castel-Franco 1807: Stettin a Straslund 1808: Rosas a Girone 1809: Capellades, Igualada, Ekmuhl, Essling a Wagram 1810: Molins-del-Rey a Hostalrich 1811: Figueras 1812: Dunabourg, Jacobowo, Drissa, Polotsk a La Beresina 1813: Dresde, Leipzig a Hanau 1814: Brienne, La Rothiere, Meaux a Magdeburg 1815: Ligny a Wavre
Battle Honours: Valmy 1792 Caldiero 1805 Essling 1809 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (from 1.1.2017 and beyond) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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